Post #1659945
2026-04-24 18:50 UTC
> It would cost the Onion $81k a month for the domain
all things considered, that could be renegotiated with the registrar now that Jones is no longer the owner. It's no longer worth that as it's not raking in Jones-level revenue. Sure, it's still worth a lot, especially with The Onion owning it, but, still, not $81k/mo.
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@rImITywR@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:57
That $81K/mo isn't going to the registrar. Its going to the manager of Jone's debt to be distributed to his creditors, including the families of Sandy Hook.
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@booly@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-25 15:06
The licensing deal is for more than just the domain. It's like hundreds of squatter domains, too (including, hilariously, goblinlove dot com), and the trademarks. And the reason why it's exactly that amount isn't about the cost of the domain. It's that the physical studio's rent is about $75k/month, and they need to keep that lease active long enough to buy the whole shebang once Alex Jones' appeals run out.